Now Royal Mail loses the Amazon account
Discussion
Ponk said:
TheEnd said:
"There have been reports of mountains of undelivered mail in sorting offices and claims that postal workers are not waiting to see if customers are in before leaving cards asking them to pick parcels up from the sorting office."
That's pretty much been the policy for years.
That's happened to me more than a few times, how actually does it help them? That's pretty much been the policy for years.
It might not seem much but writing out a card and plonking it through the door is faster than ringing the bell, waiting for the homeowner to get out of bed, come down to the door, open it, take package, sign paperwork and go.
Like I said, a small difference but over several deliveries it adds up....
rich1231 said:
Ponk said:
TheEnd said:
"There have been reports of mountains of undelivered mail in sorting offices and claims that postal workers are not waiting to see if customers are in before leaving cards asking them to pick parcels up from the sorting office."
That's pretty much been the policy for years.
That's happened to me more than a few times, how actually does it help them? That's pretty much been the policy for years.
Standard policy (informal) all over the place.
The sooner there dispanded the better, as for the striking I was listing to the news and the union rep was caliming that the public are behind them
, I can only assume he was talking about family and friends who work for RM
coanda said:
rich1231 said:
coanda said:
f
k all...which is presumably why amazon chose to deliver to me via them. I did wonder why I had received it via them instead of RM.
So I guess lots more people will be receiving missed delivery cards from Citylink.
Amazon have used City for a long time. Its not a new thing.k all...which is presumably why amazon chose to deliver to me via them. I did wonder why I had received it via them instead of RM.So I guess lots more people will be receiving missed delivery cards from Citylink.
unrepentant said:
Presumably they are still using RM for small items like paperbacks and cd's or has that gone too.
I received 2x small lightweight paperbacks this morning. One was HDN and one was RM ! The deliverer used seems to depend not only on what the item is, but what warehouse it comes from. I'm sad Amazon have chucked RM in, as our postie is great. Once again the sciving minority in RM spoil it for the honest hard workers.rich1231 said:
Ponk said:
TheEnd said:
"There have been reports of mountains of undelivered mail in sorting offices and claims that postal workers are not waiting to see if customers are in before leaving cards asking them to pick parcels up from the sorting office."
That's pretty much been the policy for years.
That's happened to me more than a few times, how actually does it help them? That's pretty much been the policy for years.
Standard policy (informal) all over the place.
Do couriers do that? (I know that they don't.)
In fairness to the Posties mine is brilliant and so was her predecessor. She always delivers the parcels and knows to come up the drive and round to the back door if she has one as I work at the back of the house and don't hear the front door. She even brings treats for my dogs! I think most of the ordinary postmen do a great job for crap money.
I knew RM would go to pot as soon as it was announced that Crozier had been appointed. And it has. This is the man who gave us Sven FFS. It was bound to end in tears.
I knew RM would go to pot as soon as it was announced that Crozier had been appointed. And it has. This is the man who gave us Sven FFS. It was bound to end in tears.
Royal Mail is better for parcels because if you miss a delivery you can at least go and pick it up from the sorting office.
With Home Delivery Network you have wait in as they don't have any depots you can go to. Luckily I get stuff delivered to work now but lots of people don't have this option.
Do the unions not realise that if they carry on like this their members won't have any jobs to go to anyway as the Royal Mail will be bankrupt?
With Home Delivery Network you have wait in as they don't have any depots you can go to. Luckily I get stuff delivered to work now but lots of people don't have this option.
Do the unions not realise that if they carry on like this their members won't have any jobs to go to anyway as the Royal Mail will be bankrupt?
onomatopoeia said:
rich1231 said:
Ponk said:
TheEnd said:
"There have been reports of mountains of undelivered mail in sorting offices and claims that postal workers are not waiting to see if customers are in before leaving cards asking them to pick parcels up from the sorting office."
That's pretty much been the policy for years.
That's happened to me more than a few times, how actually does it help them? That's pretty much been the policy for years.
Standard policy (informal) all over the place.
Do couriers do that? (I know that they don't.)
We have some texting the day the package is out for delivery so you know what time to expect the package.
Our posties are great too. Lots of parcels come to the house, usually someone working from home but often on a call. They know we're around and leave packages with notes, even signing for them sometimes. I tell them when we're going to be away so they know not to leave stuff. Naturally this would be much harder in a block or flats or a terrace with no privacy.
onomatopoeia said:
The last signed for parcel I had turn up at home the postie arrived at quarter to six in the evening on a weekday. I was delighted as I was expecting a trip to the sorting office for a missed delivery - he said he tried to do early evening deliveries of packages as people tended to be at home.
Do couriers do that? (I know that they don't.)
I can assure you that most posties don't do that either!Do couriers do that? (I know that they don't.)
In my area they're all in the Wetherspoons by midday, deliveries finished or not.
unrepentant said:
I knew RM would go to pot as soon as it was announced that Crozier had been appointed. And it has. This is the man who gave us Sven FFS. It was bound to end in tears.
What, you mean the second best ever England manager Sven?It's hardly Crozier's fault, he's trying to modernise the RM which is badly needed, it's the workshy majority of the workers who think they entitled to a living and the unions who egg them on that are the problem. The management's hands are tied.
sttylink etc will be affected as well. You do know a lot of the deliveries are made by Royal Mail. Personally I abhor couriers. I rarely am in for deliveries from them as they never deliver when you are in. RM delivers parcels before we leave for work and our mail always includes any parcels when we are in. My experience with most of the competition suggests they couldn't get any where near the "service" that RM have. Depots are scattered far and wide and most rely on RM for many deliveries.
ttylink etc will be affected as well. You do know a lot of the deliveries are made by Royal Mail. Personally I abhor couriers. I rarely am in for deliveries from them as they never deliver when you are in. RM delivers parcels before we leave for work and our mail always includes any parcels when we are in. My experience with most of the competition suggests they couldn't get any where near the "service" that RM have. Depots are scattered far and wide and most rely on RM for many deliveries.pkitchen said:
rich1231 said:
I also owen a mail order biz, and we spend 2-3k a week with Royal Mail. They are reliable generally.. but do everything in their power when they lose somethig to wriggle out of paying.
The extra traffic we move to Couriers in the event of a Strike will not ever be returning to RM.
Whilst I don't like the PO management I think they have been trying to sort out one hell of a mess in a much more competitive environment. Posties have had it their own way for a while, they are being pulled into shape and they don't like it. They will bugger the business up on their own if they continue to get stroppy and strike.Crosier, don't rate him he just seems to be an overpaid smoothie to me.The extra traffic we move to Couriers in the event of a Strike will not ever be returning to RM.
The world has moved on, but both organisations are stuffed with employees from a different era who think the world owes them a living (and a huge pension).
JagLover said:
I'm a big user of Amazon and to be fair to the Royal Mail have never really had a problem with their delivery service.
Likewise we use Amazon a lot.. and have NEVER had a problem with the RM delivery. If we're out they try next door, or otherwise card it and we collect from less than a mile down the road.As for s
tty-stink... 
you're lucky if you get a card "the driver says you were out and he carded it" - funny that, I was outside the front of the house ALL day cleaning the cars and there wasn't a single van that came near the property. wkers.The only real difference for me is that the nearest Citylink office is 10 miles away, but is open till 8pm where as the sorting office at the bottom of the road suts at 1.30pm.
Think I must be a bit odd or very fortunate as we have no problems with either RM/Parcelforce or Citylink . . . . . DHL on the other hand are absolutley fking terrible in my area, not made any better by the local DHL office being 5 miles away as the crow flies, but 24miles by car as the bloody rive Mersey is in the way!
Think I must be a bit odd or very fortunate as we have no problems with either RM/Parcelforce or Citylink . . . . . DHL on the other hand are absolutley f
king terrible in my area, not made any better by the local DHL office being 5 miles away as the crow flies, but 24miles by car as the bloody rive Mersey is in the way!rich1231 said:
Even had a Postal Van write off the Motor Bike of one of the staff on saturday which was impressive.
All denied now of course. Shame CCTV and 11 witnesses saw it.
All denied now of course. Shame CCTV and 11 witnesses saw it.
Seen the roadhawk thread..?
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Edited by Podie on Thursday 8th October 11:51
Podie said:
As for stty-stink... you're lucky if you get a card "the driver says you were out and he carded it" - funny that, I was outside the front of the house ALL day cleaning the cars and there wasn't a single van that came near the property. wkers.
I've had that 2 times now but with dpd and they are only 1 mile away.... wtty-stink... you're lucky if you get a card "the driver says you were out and he carded it" - funny that, I was outside the front of the house ALL day cleaning the cars and there wasn't a single van that came near the property. wkers.kersGassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff